Daisy Miller Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Daisy Miller Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winterbourne finally decide about Daisy?

2. What does Mrs. Costello suggest Daisy might allow herself to do?

3. What is the symbolism of the Colosseum?

4. What has Daisy already noticed Mr. Giovanelli doing?

5. What does Daisy not see in the Italian men she goes out with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the information Winterbourne receives about Daisy from Mrs. Walker.

2. How does Daisy astonish Mrs. Walker that afternoon in her house?

3. How does James show that Daisy is not romantically interested in Giovanelli?

4. What shows the determination of Mrs. Walker to save the reckless American girl?

5. How does Giovanelli attempt to warn off Winterbourne who is walking toward him and Daisy?

6. Describe the coincidental meeting between Winterbourne and Daisy.

7. Seeing Daisy with Giovanelli, how does he feel about her flirtation?

8. What confirmation about Daisy's innocence does Winterbourne finally receive?

9. How do the American women try to prevent Daisy from going to meet Giovanelli?

10. Describe Daisy's coquettish behavior that Winterbourne takes the wrong way.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing Daisy to the Cindy Lauper song, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. In your essay show how Henry James' Daisy Miller foreshadows a much less restrictive future for young American women.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay entitled Why I Would Like to Visit Italy. Using some of the sites Daisy visits in Rome, give your reasons for wanting to visit there. Your essay should also mention Italian fashion and how it has influenced fashion in the USA.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about cause and effect. Use the idea in DAISY MILLER that the night air causes malaria. Discuss how humans need to assign a cause or blame for anything but are very often wrong in their conclusions. Include some other old wives tales that were once accepted as the truth but are disproved today.

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